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Olive Ascolana is a culinary signature of Le Marche, a region of Italy that lies between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. Writer Afi-Odelia E. Scruggs learned how to make the meat-stuffed, nutmeg-scented treats during a recent trip to Italy.

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, professor of Politics and African-American Studies at Princeton University, and Clarence Page, nationally syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, about Louis Farrakhan, his recent message of religious reconciliation, and the future of the Nation of Islam.

Environmental advocacy groups were called in to help structure the deal for TXU Corp., the Texas electrical utility. Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense, describes the process of winning environmental commitments from TXU's suitors.

Alcohol-based fuels such as ethanol have been the underdog rivals of the oil industry for more than a century. A look at the history of ethanol and the current frenzy over its potential to kick U.S. oil dependence.

California will hold an early presidential primary in 2008. What does it mean for candidates in the race? The California primary will now take place Feb. 5, just three weeks after the first contest in the race, the Iowa caucuses.

Vice President Cheney paid an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Wednesday, where he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and other Iraqi leaders. As NPR's Jamie Tarabay tells Robert Siegel, the idea of "benchmarks" aren't yet part of Iraq's political discourse.

Once British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would be stepping down in June, the ruling Labor Party began the process of finding a successor. But there is little suspense about the process; Finance Minister Gordon Brown is the sole legitimate candidate.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Whitney Gouche of EMERGE, a group helping high-achieving students in low-income areas, about reaction to the court's decision to ban affirmative action from higher education.

President Bush has selected Robert Zoellick to be the next president of the World Bank, according to senior White House officials. Zoellick has held two very high-ranking jobs within the Bush administration: He is a former deputy secretary of state, and served as a U.S. trade representative.

Two congressional committees have issued subpoenas for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor regarding their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills had been in office only a year when the pandemic struck. Amid the chaos, a mother named Shirah Knapp sent her a letter of support — and continued to do so weekly for more than a year.

Young people passionate about saving Florida’s environment will now have more resources right here in the greater Tampa Bay region.

Manuel and Patricia Oliver, whose son, Joaquin, was killed in 2018 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, will stop in more than 20 cities across the country that have been affected by mass shootings, including Uvalde, Texas, Orlando and Columbine, Colorado.

Some of the country's biggest meat processing facilities are closing. How do we protect workers and keep the supply chain strong?

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona about how the Biden administration plans to help borrowers after the Supreme Court struck down its student loan forgiveness plan.

A U.S. expert says there is no evidence that stem-cell therapy being offered in China will work in one of the most common causes of childhood blindness, optic nerve hypoplasia.

NPR's Miles Parks speaks to psychiatrist Alex Keuroghlian about the state of training for medical students to care for the LGBTQ community.

The Claw at USF Golf Course is closing in early September. Some people worry that possible development there will hurt the forest preserve next door.

A new law is paving the way for radioactive roads in Florida. But environmentalists say it would affect road construction workers, harm plant and wildlife, and potentially kill precious Florida springs.

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates. American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers saw the biggest increases in deaths. And there was high maternal mortality in the Midwest, some northern Mountain states and the Southeast.

The judge in the Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial is surprising many observers with the potential jurors he has so far refused to excuse from serving. Among them are journalists and others who have had daily contact with people involved in the case.

Across the country, restaurants are under pressure to get rid of trans fats. But finding a healthier cooking oil that also holds up to extended use won't be easy. The search begins in the soybean fields of the Midwest.

Barack Obama has officially joined the field seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. He declared his candidacy Saturday in Springfield, Ill., standing in the shadow of Abraham Lincoln.

Gallaudet University, the nation's leading liberal arts school for the deaf, has been in a state of crisis since last spring, when the school picked its next president. The choice of a long-time administrator Jane Fernandes set off a series of intense protests by students and faculty. Now, the end of the crisis may be in sight.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair meets with the Iraq Study Group via video conference. Blair has been pushing for greater participation by Iran and Syria to address the violence in Iraq.